India has lodged a strong protest with Dhaka over a now-deleted social media post by a key aide of Bangladesh's interim government that claimed certain areas of Indian territory should be part of that country.

Bangladesh's interim Chief Adviser, Muhammad Yunus, met Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif during the D-8 Summit in Egypt, urging resolution of grievances from the 1971 war while discussing trade, culture,

After the ouster of former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, relations between India and Bangladesh have gone to a new low, while Dhaka has gone closer to Islamabad. The recent meeting between Yunus and Sharif is likely to strengthen the relations further.

Muhammad Yunus said he was determined to revive the moribund eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).